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Home » Crafting » Rainbow Pasta Playtime! Inexpensive Fun.

Rainbow Pasta Playtime! Inexpensive Fun.

Sunday morning I woke up and knew that we needed to have a bit more fun on the weekends. All week long we play, we learn, we whine….ok, maybe that’s just me, but by the time weekends come all Chris and I want to do is play paper, rock, scissors on who has to get up with the kids at 7am.

(He got Saturday, I got Sunday if you are wondering)

So the first thing I did when I got up Sunday was boil spaghetti. I had seen on the front of one of Charlotte’s kid magazines a girl holding a fork with rainbow noodles. While I never found an article on it, I knew it was a logical process.

DIY Colored Spaghetti - More than food, its fun playtime for kid activities! Perfect for any age, picture tutorial by www.momdot.com

DIY Colored Spaghetti - More than food, its fun playtime for kid activities! Perfect for any age, picture tutorial by www.momdot.com

What I didn’t know was how much FUN we would have playing (nope, not eating) with dyed noodles. I even got a “Woah, cool!” out of my spouse. And it was.

For the record my camera battery dyed, so its all iPhone shots. I still hope you get an idea of the fun!

How to Dye Noodles for Playtime

  • Spaghetti
  • food dye
  • tsp of olive oil

step1

First things first. Boil up your spaghetti. It really doesn’t matter what kind you get. The good old cheapy dollar general box is just fine. I suggest you make a whole box. This is pretty fun and you will want lots of colors! I under made for as long as we played.

 

step2 Separate your spaghetti into a variety of bowls and then add food dye with a tsp of olive oil. The oil helps keep it from sticking together. For the dye I use the kind that comes in little tubs rather than the liquid kind, but I am sure its irrelevant either way.  I actually just added the dye but gave the kids a spoon so they could do the mixing. After all, watching the noodles go from yellow to red or blue or green is half the fun!

DIY Colored Spaghetti - More than food, its fun playtime for kid activities! Perfect for any age, picture tutorial by www.momdot.com

DIY Colored Spaghetti - More than food, its fun playtime for kid activities! Perfect for any age, picture tutorial by www.momdot.comi

DIY Colored Spaghetti - More than food, its fun playtime for kid activities! Perfect for any age, picture tutorial by www.momdot.com

DIY Colored Spaghetti - More than food, its fun playtime for kid activities! Perfect for any age, picture tutorial by www.momdot.com

DIY Colored Spaghetti - More than food, its fun playtime for kid activities! Perfect for any age, picture tutorial by www.momdot.com

tutorial_crafting

 

step3 After you have all your dyed up pasta, add some measuring cups and wooden spoons. The kids had a blast transferring the noodles and mixing them up. Finally my daughter decided to put her hands in and it got a bit crazy after that.

BRAINS!

DIY Colored Spaghetti - More than food, its fun playtime for kid activities! Perfect for any age, picture tutorial by www.momdot.com

DIY Colored Spaghetti - More than food, its fun playtime for kid activities! Perfect for any age, picture tutorial by www.momdot.com

While eating dyed noodles is totally up to you, I personally did not let the kids eat them…this was just for play.

That doesn’t mean the dog didn’t sneak off with one.

DIY Colored Spaghetti - More than food, its fun playtime for kid activities! Perfect for any age, picture tutorial by www.momdot.com

DIY Colored Spaghetti - More than food, its fun playtime for kid activities! Perfect for any age, picture tutorial by www.momdot.com

 

Cost? Maybe $1 total….fun? Hours. They played this for about an hour and then my son went into the tub and my daughter took the noodles outside with her friends to “experiment”. She told me adding water made it super mushy.

At any rate, everyone had a great time.

DIY Colored Spaghetti - More than food, its fun playtime for kid activities! Perfect for any age, picture tutorial by www.momdot.com
DIY Colored Spaghetti - More than food, its fun playtime for kid activities! Perfect for any age, picture tutorial by www.momdot.com  DIY Colored Spaghetti - More than food, its fun playtime for kid activities! Perfect for any age, picture tutorial by www.momdot.com

DIY Colored Spaghetti - More than food, its fun playtime for kid activities! Perfect for any age, picture tutorial by www.momdot.com  DIY Colored Spaghetti - More than food, its fun playtime for kid activities! Perfect for any age, picture tutorial by www.momdot.com

If you are wondering, it did turn their hands a few shades of pink, which easily came off with soap and water.

 

~Trisha

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Comments

  1. Nancherrow says

    April 3, 2014 at 5:32 pm

    Such a fun idea and so icky! Would love for you to share at Fridays Unfolded!

    Alison
    Nancherrow

  2. Crystelle says

    April 1, 2014 at 12:11 pm

    What a fun play activity for the kids! they are so lucky to have a mom who will play creatively with them!!
    Wishing you a happy Tuesday!! 🙂
    “hugs” Crystelle
    Crystelle Boutique

  3. Sarah @Must Have Mom says

    February 5, 2014 at 12:05 pm

    This looks like so much fun! I need to do this with my stir crazy kiddos!

  4. Tammilee says

    February 5, 2014 at 12:03 am

    oh my goodness so much fun! The smile on your sons face says it all!
    I love this!

  5. Melissa says

    February 4, 2014 at 11:35 pm

    Those pictures are adorable. Crafts like these always keep my kids distracted the longest!

  6. Amanda West says

    February 4, 2014 at 11:33 pm

    I love that you are brave enough to be messy. Looks like they had a great time, and what a great learning experience!

  7. Heather @ Frugal Southern Living says

    February 4, 2014 at 11:20 pm

    This looks so fun – I mean fun for the kids of course 😉 I LOVE P’s face in the photo above the dog stealing a noodle! We’ll have to give this a try..

  8. Stefani says

    February 4, 2014 at 11:01 pm

    This is a fun idea that wouldn’t cost me anything. I always keep all these supplies on hand.

  9. Lisa says

    February 4, 2014 at 10:56 pm

    My kids would love this! I’ll have to try it!

  10. Tonya {The Traveling Praters} says

    January 29, 2014 at 2:28 pm

    Looks like P is having all kinds of fun lately! What a fun project for the two of you.

  11. Leah says

    January 27, 2014 at 11:37 am

    I love the look on your sons face when he stuck his hands in the pasta the first time!!

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